Ecology Chapter 2 vocabulary

The group of individuals or events selected to represent a statistical population

Procedure carried out under controlled conditions to discover, demonstrate, test a fact, theory or general truth

A conceptual model that provides a systematic process for making decisions

The process for obtaining information by using our senses

In an experiment, a group that is identical to a control group except for the factor being compared to control group

Principle or standard that an individual considers to be important

The likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event

A pattern, plan, representation, or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system, concept

A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation

A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or is organized

Relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population

The probability of an unwanted outcome

The expected outcome if a hypothesis is accurate

In an experiment, group that serves as standard of comparison w/ another group which is identical except for one factor

A factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis

Number obtained by adding up the data for a given characteristic and dividing this sum by the number of individuals

The linear dependence between two variables

One or more equations that represent the way a system or process works

Piece of information acquired through obsrvation or experimentation

The collection and classification of data that are in the form of numbers